
Stories from the personal and public life of the great scholar and leader of the Islamic revolution in Iran. Includes stories about Imam Khomeini's home life, his relationship with family members and with the public, his knowledge, his worship and his last days. Also includes an account of meeting Imam from the Western journalist Robin Woodsworth Carlsen.
- Rays of the Sun, 83 Stories from the Life of Imam Khomeini (ra)
- Foreword
- Imam and Home Life
- Observance of the rights of a wife
- 60 years of living together and not one request for a glass of water
- Blessed am I that I have such a wife
- He would never pass on his work to anyone else
- Imam is not crying at all
- I was scared that I would cry for other than Allah
- Why is Hassan dishevelled like this?
- I have come to wash the dishes
- A piece of advice to solve family issues
- Worn away bricks
- Imam and Children
- Imam and Women
- Imam and Youth
- Imam and the People
- Imam and Paris
- Imam and the Revolution
- Imam and Knowledge of the Unseen
- Imam and Imam Mahdi (aj)
- Imam and Worship
- Imam and Prayers
- Imam and Islam
- Oh Allah, make us turn to you
- The issue is nearing the grave
- The best advice
- Try to send knowledge to your heart
- Shaytan comes to a person this way
- Don’t back-bite
- Do you know how much sin backbiting has?
- Luxurious clothes
- ‘Bismillah’ (In the Name of Allah), rather than ‘Befarmaid’:
- He wasn’t negligent on even a single point of akhlaaq
- This sentence is more exact
- I will be thankful to you until the Day of Judgement
- Progress to perfection is human
- I will personally kill him
- This ring is haraam for men
- The importance of a healthy nafs
- I never heard something that even had the resemblance of being back-biting
- Have some lawful recreations
- I myself am the nullifier of witchcraft
- You saw a pointless dream!
- The Setting of the Sun
- I have seen a good dream
- Be sure that I am going from this world
- Don’t bring Ali to me
- Don’t make him a promise
- If it’s for the people, do whatever you want to do
- Dua-e-Ahad in the last days of life
- Oh Allah, accept me
- The last recommendation of the Imam
- Thinking of Prayers at its proper time, until the last moments
- He went from this world while reciting dhikr
- Imam Khomeini through the Eyes of a Non-Muslim
- Glossary